Voting Technology Company Settles Lawsuit Against Far-right News Outlet Over 2020 Election Claims

www.theyeshivaworld.com— A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against a conservative news outlet. The settlement between Florida-based Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies that became ensnared in wild conspiracy theories […]

Fortune—Voting tech company Smartmatic, targeted by bogus 2020 election fraud claims, settles defamation suit against One America News Network. Last year, on the eve of a trial, Fox News agreed to pay $787 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by a much larger voting technology company, Dominion Voting Systems.

The Guardian—Voting equipment company Smartmatic settles defamation lawsuit with far-right network. Smartmatic sued OAN in 2021, saying it was a victim of OAN’s ‘disinformation’ that its equipment flipped the election for BidenThe voting equipment company Smartmatic has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit with the far-right One America News Network (OAN) over lies broadcast on the network about the 2020 election.Erik Connolly, a lawyer for Smartmatic, confirmed the case had been settled, but said the details were confidential. Attorneys for Smartmatic and OAN notified a federal judge in...

MSNBC—Right-wing blog Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy amid 2020 election conspiracy lawsuits. The Gateway Pundit, a far-right blog that has frequently peddled political misinformation, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the lawsuits it faces over its conspiracy-fueled coverage of the 2020 presidential election. In a statement Wednesday, founder Jim Hoft blamed “progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet” and said that the decision to seek Chapter 11 protection “is not an admission of fault or culpability,” but rather is intended to “consolidate this lawfare in one court...